Inclusive Society

Internal Inclusion

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Talent Training and Development

Educational Training

2022
  • Total 135 internal educational training sessions,  3,375 participants
  • Each employee received an average 9.5 hours of training

Over the years, SKS has continued to provide a robust training framework, focusing on three key areas: new employee training, personal specialized training, and leadership training. The framework gives our employees access to diverse learning and development at every stage in their careers. Continuous adjustments and innovations are made to the training programs, in accordance with industry trends, corporate strategies, customer needs, and our talent competency requirements. Through this, we aim to ensure that every stage of talent development meets the expectations of SKS, the environment, and the individual.

Based on annual business objectives and the development needs of each department, our Training Center formulates an annual training plan, which will then be submitted for approval by SKS’s senior management officers. We review with each department from time to time to ensure that the training programs are meeting their needs for functional development and company growth. We have also put a Digital Learning platform in place, where employees can do online learning and preview program contents, enhancing learning outcomes through a blended learning education model. The teaching materials for each job category are recorded through actual classes, physical items, and audiovisual formats to stimulate employees’ desire to learn. Materials integrate SKS’s management policies and employee career development needs, to improve their specialized competencies. Furthermore, classrooms equipped with specialized electronic devices that simulate client situations are built throughout Taiwan, to provide a venue for both physical teaching and skills certification testing. The in-house instructor training program also enables us to build a comprehensive education and training system.

Statistics on Training and Training Time, by Job Category
Year 2022 2021 2020 2019
Gender Male Female Male Female Male Female Male Female
Employee Training Time Sales 2,101 683 8,535 965 4,708 493 5,663 626
Security
(Dispatch、Control)
1,174 0 956 0 1,225 0 2,975 0
Service 5,678 321 2,550 199 4,844 939 4,288 40
Administrative 5,427 1,142 2,122 230 2,854 2,354 1,329 526
Subtotal by gender 14,380 2,146 14,163 1,394 13,631 3,786 14,255 1,192
Total hours 16,526 15,557 17,417 15,447
Average Employee Training Time Sales 6.98 12.65 24.53 18.92 14.62 10.06 16.75 14.56
Security
(Dispatch、Control)
1.94 0 1.47 0 2.26 0 6.58 0
Service 15.73 4.79 7.68 2.93 15.68 13.41 17.22 0.69
Administrative 35.94 6.45 15.49 1.39 19.96 14.53 9.49 3.31
Subtotal by gender 10.13 6.68 9.64 4.51 10.37 12.41 12.09 4.01
Per Employee 9.5 8.75 10.75 10.46
Note:
  1. Average employee training time = Total employee training time divide by number of employees in the year.
  2. Total time = Total training time of both male and female employees.
  3. Our Control Center arranges occasional new product and internal regulation trainings for female employees. However, the statistics in this table only reflect implementation results from in-person education administered via the training system; online training hours are not included.

Physical Educational Training

SKS has developed training blueprints for leadership and specialized competencies, in accordance with the needs of officers and employees at different levels and with different functional requirements. A series of training programs on leadership, specialized skills, and general skills is offered.

Program Name Program Description Training Targets NO. of Participants Results Follow-up Planning
New Salesperson Supervision Report

New employees are subject to a 3-month training. Upon completing their training period, department sales leaders submit a New Salesperson Supervision Report to explain how the new employees they supervised have done and to assess their potential.

Newly-hired salespersons 34

Three months after the new employee training, eight employees resigned, for a turnover rate of 23.5%. This was an improvement over the 25.5% figure for 2021.

  1. Focus of tracking and supervision: Ensure a stable employee retention rate.
  2. Regional and department managers are responsible for supervising employees. They aim for stability in the sales workforce through co-counseling, thus improving departmental performance.
Pre-program Assignments & Practical Experience Sharing

We conduct continuing training on salesperson advancement training and education program (FABE) to help internalize employee knowledge. Department and regional managers provide guidance to new employees, and these employees then join the transfer training upon the completion of the pre-program assignments. In the program, outstanding program graduates are invited to share their practical experiences, with an aim to enhance new employees’ confidence and readiness for sales tasks.

Salespersons who have served at SKS from 6 to 12 months 16

Within six months after the training, four employees were promoted to the position of Safety Planning Officer, accounting for 25% of graduates; none of these employees resigned.

  1. We continue to conduct elite salesperson educational training to enhance employees’specialized skills and improve department performance.
Post-training Learning Assessment

After new employee complete their one-day training, instructors assess their learning progress in accordance with the New Employee One-day Training Learning Checklist. The Training Center then compiles and transmits the results to each department for supervision and improvement.

New employees 45

After new employees participated in the one-day regional training, the employee 6-month resignation rate dropped from 36.2% in 2021 to 19%. This indicates that the program helped to reduce employee turnover.

  1. During the one-day educational training, regional leaders interact with new employees, which helps to increase their sense of belonging with SKS.
  2. Programs are arranged to improve employees’ understanding of the organization, corporate culture, main products, and control center dispatching process. This enhances employees’ confidence in their duties and reduces turnover rates.
Digital Transformation Educational Training

Online learning is the trend of the times. For SKS, serving clients across Taiwan, our demand for online learning is even stronger. In addition to offering our employees the convenience of learning and accessing materials on skill guidance at any time, the online learning platform is also an important database for knowledge management. The COVID-19 outbreak caused demand for the platform to increase, resulting in a rising number of people studying online each month. In order to improve the effectiveness of transfer training for new employees, from 2020 onward, we require new employees to complete digital reading modules and pre-program tests before joining the training. Additionally, we perform in-class testing using an online app. We use a Test-and-Know approach, which releases answers and test results right after the employee completes the test, to encourage learning and improve learning results. In 2022, we also launched a mobile version of our aHRD digital learning platform, to help employees acquire new knowledge anytime, anywhere.

Online Education and Training Implementation Status
Year 2022 2021 2020 2019
Total number of people studying online 32,310 32,369 26,610 20,071
Average number of people studying online per month 2,693 2,697 2,218 1,673
Program Name Program Description Training Targets NO. of Participants Results Follow-up Planning
Improving Practical Business Promotion Skills

Introduces the Top Sales Tactics and Closing Techniques online program

-All sales persons
-New employee
-Employees with education gap
460
  1. Through morning meetings and scheduled learning, sales leaders lead a discussion on applying business promotion, contextual use, and sales tactic practice.
  2. Each department submits records, based on which the Training Center compiles information and issues two handbooks, Top Sales Tactics Summary Highlights and Top Sales Tactics and Closing Techniques Handbook. Each sales leader educates their employees, and conducts practices and practical work with them using handbook scenarios.
  3. Each region produces a Business Promotion Tactics Feedback Form through practical exercises. The Training Center compiled an exclusive SKS handbook of Tactics Templates, and uploaded it on SKS’s digital learning platform. The handbook is available for downloading and online study by our sales employees; the contextual tactics can also be accessed in the field at any time, so salespersons can respond to situations.
  1. For employee transfer training, participants are required to carry along the Top Sales Tactics and Closing Techniques Handbook for use in class.
  2. New employees must keep learning online.
  3. Employees with performance gaps are required to keep studying and improving.
Improving Leadership Functions

Introduces the‘New Generation Employee Care – Six Major Care Skills’online program, to enhance supervisors’empathy for employee emotions, improve their leadership styles, identify problems in advance, make improvements accordingly, and create a harmonious workplace atmosphere.

-Section leaders
-Branch leaders
280

The participants responded in the‘Learning Feedback Questionnaire’survey that they believe the program helps to enhance team harmony and cohesion, and creates a spirit of organizational teamwork.

  1. Department heads are continuously provided with resources to enhance their leadership skills.
Improving Supervisor Leadership

Introduces the‘How to Be an Influential Person’online module, to increase leadership competencies.

Sales leaders 102

The‘GROW program' syllabus was included as an education topic for Service Department Directors. The sales leaders responded in the questionnaire survey that the program was very useful.

  1. The theme will still be used for the 2023 sales leader study program, with lecturers invited to give in-person instruction.
Corporate Digital Transformation

Introduces the‘Digital Transformation Consulting Room’online program, to prepare for digital transformation through pre-program audio-visual study, pre-program tests, and practical in-class discussions, etc.

-HQ assistant managers
-Seed talent
52
  1. After headquarters officers completed the program, department and office units continued the program in order to expand the training benefits.
  2. Organized the Digital Transformation Day (DT Day) event, where lecturers were invited to discuss cases in-person in the physical classroom.
  3. Implemented digital transformation education through online and offline blended learning education.
  1. SKS has set this as a major policy for 2023 and will continue to make improvements.
All-employee Team Spirit Building

Introduces the‘Workplace Strategies online program for Generation Z’, helping new generation of employees to better understand themselves, do career planning, and learn how to work with others. It also helps supervisors to understand the logic and behavior of the new generation entering the workforce, to build teamwork.

-Primarily new employees
-Section leaders
-Branch leaders
713

The participants responded in the‘Learning Feedback Questionnaire’ survey that they deemed it a useful program for enhancing self-understanding, and had benefits in the workplace.

  1. We continuously evaluate and introduce external resources for our employees, to increase their specialized competencies.